EP2996404B1 - Selection of public land mobile network for device-to-device communication - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication device used in a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a communication device of handling a selection of a public land mobile network for device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system.
- LTE long-term evolution
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 3GPP Rel-8 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 3GPP Rel-9 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunication system
- the LTE system includes a new radio interface and a new radio network architecture that provides high data rate, low latency, packet optimization, and improved system capacity and coverage.
- a radio access network known as an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) includes multiple evolved Node-Bs (eNBs) for communicating with multiple user equipments (UEs), and for communicating with a core network including a mobility management entity (MME), a serving gateway, etc., for Non-Access Stratum (NAS) control.
- E-UTRAN evolved universal terrestrial radio access network
- eNBs evolved Node-Bs
- MME mobility management entity
- serving gateway etc.
- NAS Non-Access Stratum
- LTE-advanced (LTE-A) system is an evolution of the LTE system.
- the LTE-A system targets faster switching between power states, improves performance at the coverage edge of an eNB, and includes advanced techniques, such as carrier aggregation (CA), coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmissions/reception, uplink (UL) multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), etc.
- CA carrier aggregation
- CoMP coordinated multipoint
- UL-MIMO uplink
- the UE and the eNB must support standards developed for the LTE-A system, such as the 3GPP Rel-10 standard or later versions.
- Device-to-device (D2D) communication may be realized, after an initialization (e.g., connection establishment and/or peer discovery) is performed (e.g., assisted by an eNB). Then, two UEs may communicate (e.g., transmitting and/or receiving packets) with each other directly according to the D2D communication, and the eNB does not need to forward the packets transmitted between the communication devices. According to the D2D communication, the UEs may communicate with each other via UL resources (e.g. , UL subframes configured by the eNB). In general, the D2D communication may also be seen as a D2D service (i. e. , proximity service (ProSe)). In addition, a D2D subframe, D2D transmission, D2D communication and D2D discovery can be termed as a sidelink subframe, sidelink transmission, sidelink communication and sidelink discovery, respectively.
- an initialization e.g., connection establishment and/or peer discovery
- eNB
- An announcing UE can announce information which can be used by UEs in proximity if the UEs have permission for proximity discovery.
- a monitoring UE can monitor information of interest in proximity transmitted by announcing UEs.
- a ProSe Application Code can be received from a HPLMN ProSe function by performing an announce request procedure.
- the ProSe Application Code is included in a message which can be transmitted over a radio interface by a UE engaged in a ProSe direct discovery procedure to monitoring UEs.
- Discovery Filter(s) for monitoring the ProSe Application Code(s) over the radio interface can be received from the HPLMN ProSe function when performing a monitor request procedure.
- a UE needs to camp on a PLMN, before the UE starts to perform the D2D communication.
- the UE may detect multiple PLMNs, when the UE searches for a PLMN.
- the UE may select one of the PLMNs arbitrarily to camp on the selected PLMN. The UE cannot perform the D2D communication regularly, if the PLMN is not selected correctly.
- US 2010/0195643 A1 discloses a mobile communication device which includes a domain selection feature that allows a user to select a domain preference such as a circuit switched (CS) voice domain preference, a packet switched (PS) data domain preference, or a (CS+PS) domain preference.
- the mobile device receives Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) ID and domain availability information from one or more PLMNs.
- PLMN priority list is generated on the basis of the received PLMN information and the user domain preference selection.
- PLMNs having the user selected service available are assigned a higher priority than those that don't currently have the service, whereby an original PLMN list may be updated. Thereby, the mobile device is more likely to obtain the desired service without resorting to a time consuming manual selection process.
- PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
- US 2013/0109301 A1 discloses a method including obtaining, by a user terminal capable to perform direct device-to-device, D2D, communication with another user terminal, information indicating tracking area-specific resources for a D2D discovery process; and applying the obtained tracking area-specific resources in performing the D2D discovery process within the tracking area, wherein the D2D discovery process is for discovering D2D communication capable devices in the tracking area over an air interface of a cellular network.
- US 2013/064138 A1 discloses a mechanism for registering and attaching a UE to a D2D discovery function. After identifying an ID information of at least one PLMN assigned for a D2D discovery and communication, a request for registering and attaching the UE to the D2D discovery function at the identified PLNM is sent to the network. The network sends a grant for the D2D discovery together with an indication corresponding to an identity of the at least one PLMN used for communicating resources dedicated to the D2D discovery and communication.
- the present invention therefore provides a method according to claim 8 and related communication device according to claim 1 for selecting a PLMN for the D2D communication to solve the abovementioned problem.
- a communication device for handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication is provided as set forth in claim 1.
- a method of handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication, which is utilized in a communication device performing a proximity service (ProSe) is provided as set forth in claim 8.
- PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
- ProSe proximity service
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 10 according to an example of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 10 is briefly composed of a network and a plurality of communication devices.
- the network and the communication devices are simply utilized for illustrating the structure of the wireless communication system 10.
- a communication device may communicate with the network according to a device-to-cellular (D2C) communication defined in a communication standard, e.g., the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard.
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- the network can be a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) comprising at least one Node-B (NB) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS).
- UTRAN universal terrestrial radio access network
- NB Node-B
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunications system
- the network can be an evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) comprising at least one evolved NB (eNB) and/or at least one relay in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system or an evolution of the LTE-A system.
- E-UTRAN evolved UTRAN
- eNB evolved NB
- LTE-A LTE-Advanced
- LTE-A evolution of the LTE-A system.
- the network may also include both the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and a core network (e.g., evolved packet core (EPC) network), wherein the core network may include network entities such as Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (S-GW), Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), Self-Organizing Networks (SON) server and/or Radio Network Controller (RNC), etc.
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- S-GW Serving Gateway
- PDN Packet Data Network
- P-GW Packet Data Network Gateway
- SON Self-Organizing Networks
- RNC Radio Network Controller
- the UTRAN/E-UTRAN may forward the information to the core network, and the decisions corresponding to the information are made at the core network after the core network processes the information.
- the information can be processed by both the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and the core network, and the decisions are made after coordination and/or cooperation are performed by the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and the core network.
- a communication device may be a user equipment (UE), a low cost device (e.g., machine type communication (MTC) device), a device-to-device (D2D) device, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, an electronic book, a portable computer system, or combination thereof.
- the network and the communication device can be seen as a transmitter or a receiver according to direction (i.e. , transmission direction), e.g., for an uplink (UL), the communication device is the transmitter and the network is the receiver, and for a downlink (DL), the network is the transmitter and the communication device is the receiver.
- direction i.e. , transmission direction
- two communication devices may communicate with each other directly, after an initialization (e.g., connection establishment and/or peer discovery) is performed.
- the initialization may be assisted by the network. That is, the communication devices may communicate (e.g., transmit and/or receive packets) with each other according to a D2D communication defined in a communication standard, e.g., the 3GPP standard.
- the communication devices may communicate with each other via UL subframes determined according to frequency-division duplexing (FDD) configuration and/or time-division duplexing (TDD) configurations.
- FDD frequency-division duplexing
- TDD time-division duplexing
- Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication device 20 according to an example of the present invention.
- the communication device 20 may be a communication device or the network shown in Fig. 1 , but is not limited herein.
- the communication device 20 may include a processing means 200 such as a microprocessor or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a storage unit 210 and a communication interfacing unit 220.
- the storage unit 210 may be any data storage device that may store a program code 214, accessed and executed by the processing means 200.
- Examples of the storage unit 210 include but are not limited to a subscriber identity module (SIM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, random-access memory (RAM), Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc-ROM (DVD-ROM), Blu-ray Disc-ROM (BD-ROM), magnetic tape, hard disk, optical data storage device, non-volatile storage unit, non-transitory computer-readable medium (e.g., tangible media), etc.
- SIM subscriber identity module
- ROM read-only memory
- flash memory random-access memory
- RAM Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
- DVD-ROM digital versatile disc-ROM
- BD-ROM Blu-ray Disc-ROM
- Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a process 30.
- the process 30 may be utilized in a communication device in Fig. 1 , to handle a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a D2D communication.
- PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
- the process 30 may be compiled into the program code 214 and includes the following steps:
- the communication device detects a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide a proximity service (ProSe) and the second PLMN provides the ProSe. Then, the communication device selects the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN instead of the first PLMN in order to initiate the ProSe. That is, the communication device selects a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to whether the PLMN provides the ProSe.
- the ProSe performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the ProSe is improved.
- the communication device in the process 30 may receive information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list via a service authorization procedure.
- the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list may include PLMN(s) allowed for a ProSe.
- a PLMN identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list.
- the communication device may detect a third PLMN which provides the ProSe and an identity of the third PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list. Then, the communication device selects the second PLMN instead of the third PLMN, because the identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list but the identity of the third PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list.
- the communication device in the process 30 may receive the information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list via a service authorization procedure.
- a HPLMN of the communication device may pre-configure the communication device with the information the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list which indicates at least one PLMN where the communication device is authorized to perform a ProSe Direct Discovery, a ProSe Direct Communication or both and additional information regarding out-of-coverage operation may be provided. That is, the information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list may be stored in a UMTS SIM (USIM) or flash memory of the communication device, and may be updated by an over-the-air (OTA) message sent by the HPLMN.
- the OTA message may be a NAS message, or may be composed of one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets.
- IP Internet Protocol
- Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a process 40.
- the process 40 may be utilized in a communication device in Fig. 1 , to handle a selection of a PLMN for a D2D communication.
- the process 40 may be compiled into the program code 214 and includes the following steps:
- the communication device receives information of a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, e.g., which includes PLMN(s) allowed for a ProSe.
- the communication device detects a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein a PLMN identity of the first PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed list and the first PLMN does not provide a ProSe, wherein a PLMN identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed list and the second PLMN provides the ProSe.
- the communication device selects the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN instead of the first PLMN in order to initiate the ProSe. That is, the communication device selects a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to whether the PLMN provides the ProSe.
- One way of the determinations whether a PLMN provides the ProSe or not is to check whether the PLMN is in the ProSe Allowed list.
- the ProSe performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the ProSe is improved.
- the communication device may further transmit at least one of a registration message (e.g., Attach Request or Tracking Area Update Request) and a discovery request to the second PLMN, after selecting the second PLMN.
- the discovery request is for requesting announcing or monitoring.
- the communication device may or may not transmit the discovery request immediately after completing the registration procedure.
- a condition according to which the communication device starts to perform the at least one PLMN search is not limited.
- the communication device may perform the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device camps on a third PLMN and receives a rejection of a service authorization request from a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the communication device. Further, the rejection may include a cause value indicating that the third PLMN is not allowed.
- HPLMN home PLMN
- the third PLMN may or may not be the first PLMN.
- the at least one PLMN search may be triggered by a mobility of the communication device. That is, the communication device may perform the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device moves across one or more boundaries of PLMNs.
- the at least one PLMN search may be triggered by initiation of a ProSe (e.g. ProSe Direct Discovery or ProSe Direct Communication service) or by a manual PLMN search for searching a PLMN supporting the ProSe, if the currently camped PLMN does not provide the ProSe Direct Discovery or ProSe Direct Communication service.
- the communication device may search any PLMN which supports the ProSe.
- a cell of a PLMN may indicate support of the ProSe in system information broadcasted in the cell. The communication device may obtain the PLMN supporting the ProSe by reading the system information.
- a priority of the first PLMN may be higher than a priority of the second PLMN. That is, whether a PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list is prioritized over a priority of the PLMN.
- the communication device may select a PLMN in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, if other detected PLMN(s) with higher priorit(ies) is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list.
- information of the priority of the first PLMN and information of the priority of the second PLMN may be stored in the communication device. For example, the information may be stored in a USIM of the communication device.
- the communication device may be configured with a non-zero non-deactivated validity timer of a ProSe discovery (e.g. , ProSe direct discovery) for announcing and/or at least one valid time-to-live (TTL) of a discovery filter for monitoring. That is, the service continuity is maintained by the communication device by camping on a PLMN in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, if the communication device is performing the ProSe discovery for the announcing and/or the monitoring.
- a ProSe discovery e.g. , ProSe direct discovery
- TTL time-to-live
- the communication device may select the second PLMN for camping on the second PLMN, if the communication device is configured to select a PLMN which provides the ProSe with higher priority and to select a PLMN which does not provide the ProSe with lower priority according to a configuration received from the HPLMN.
- the HPLMN may transmit the configuration via a ProSe Direct Service Provisioning Management Object (MO). That is, the communication device selects the PLMN which provides the ProSe in higher priority than the other PLMN which does not provide the ProSe according to the configuration.
- the configuration may be a new leaf in a MO for a PLMN or in a MO for the communication device.
- Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a process 50, where a UE 500 and a ProSe function 510 are shown.
- the UE 500 may be a ProSe-enabled UE, and the ProSe function 510 may be a ProSe function in a HPLMN of the UE 500.
- the UE 500 may obtain a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list when performing a service authorization procedure (step 520). Then, the UE 500 may store the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list (step 522), e.g., in a USIM or flash memory of the UE 500.
- the UE 500 may perform the one or more PLMN searches due to a certain condition (step 524), e.g., mobility of the UE 500 or initiation of the ProSe. Accordingly, the UE 500 may select a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to a result of the searching and the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list (step 526).
- a certain condition e.g., mobility of the UE 500 or initiation of the ProSe. Accordingly, the UE 500 may select a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to a result of the searching and the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list (step 526).
- Examples of the hardware may include analog circuit(s), digital circuit (s) and/or mixed circuit (s) .
- the hardware may include ASIC(s), field programmable gate array(s) (FPGA(s)), programmable logic device(s), coupled hardware components or combination thereof.
- the hardware may include general-purpose processor(s), microprocessor(s), controller(s), digital signal processor(s) (DSP(s)) or combination thereof.
- Examples of the software may include set(s) of codes, set(s) of instructions and/or set(s) of functions retained (e.g., stored) in a storage unit, e.g., a computer-readable medium.
- the computer-readable medium may include SIM, ROM, flash memory, RAM, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, optical data storage device, non-volatile storage unit, or combination thereof.
- the computer-readable medium (e.g., storage unit) may be coupled to at least one processor internally (e.g., integrated) or externally (e.g., separated) .
- the at least one processor which may include one or more modules may (e.g., be configured to) execute the software in the computer-readable medium.
- the set(s) of codes, the set(s) of instructions and/or the set(s) of functions may cause the at least one processor, the module(s), the hardware and/or the electronic system to perform the related steps.
- Examples of the electronic system may include a system on chip (SoC), system in package (SiP), a computer on module (CoM), a computer program product, an apparatus, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, an electronic book or a portable computer system, and the communication device 20.
- SoC system on chip
- SiP system in package
- CoM computer on module
- a computer program product an apparatus, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, an electronic book or a portable computer system, and the communication device 20.
- the present invention provides a method and related communication device for handling a selection of a PLMN for a D2D communication.
- the D2D communication performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the D2D communication is improved.
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- The present invention relates to a communication device used in a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a communication device of handling a selection of a public land mobile network for device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system.
- A long-term evolution (LTE) system supporting the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Rel-8 standard and/or the 3GPP Rel-9 standard are developed by the 3GPP as a successor of the universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) for further enhancing performance of the UMTS to satisfy increasing needs of users. The LTE system includes a new radio interface and a new radio network architecture that provides high data rate, low latency, packet optimization, and improved system capacity and coverage. In the LTE system, a radio access network known as an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) includes multiple evolved Node-Bs (eNBs) for communicating with multiple user equipments (UEs), and for communicating with a core network including a mobility management entity (MME), a serving gateway, etc., for Non-Access Stratum (NAS) control.
- A LTE-advanced (LTE-A) system, as its name implies, is an evolution of the LTE system. The LTE-A system targets faster switching between power states, improves performance at the coverage edge of an eNB, and includes advanced techniques, such as carrier aggregation (CA), coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmissions/reception, uplink (UL) multiple-input multiple-output (UL-MIMO), etc. For a UE and an eNB to communicate with each other in the LTE-A system, the UE and the eNB must support standards developed for the LTE-A system, such as the 3GPP Rel-10 standard or later versions.
- Device-to-device (D2D) communication may be realized, after an initialization (e.g., connection establishment and/or peer discovery) is performed (e.g., assisted by an eNB). Then, two UEs may communicate (e.g., transmitting and/or receiving packets) with each other directly according to the D2D communication, and the eNB does not need to forward the packets transmitted between the communication devices. According to the D2D communication, the UEs may communicate with each other via UL resources (e.g. , UL subframes configured by the eNB). In general, the D2D communication may also be seen as a D2D service (i. e. , proximity service (ProSe)). In addition, a D2D subframe, D2D transmission, D2D communication and D2D discovery can be termed as a sidelink subframe, sidelink transmission, sidelink communication and sidelink discovery, respectively.
- An announcing UE can announce information which can be used by UEs in proximity if the UEs have permission for proximity discovery. A monitoring UE can monitor information of interest in proximity transmitted by announcing UEs. For the announcing UE, a ProSe Application Code can be received from a HPLMN ProSe function by performing an announce request procedure. The ProSe Application Code is included in a message which can be transmitted over a radio interface by a UE engaged in a ProSe direct discovery procedure to monitoring UEs. For the monitoring UE, Discovery Filter(s) for monitoring the ProSe Application Code(s) over the radio interface can be received from the HPLMN ProSe function when performing a monitor request procedure.
- A UE needs to camp on a PLMN, before the UE starts to perform the D2D communication. However, the UE may detect multiple PLMNs, when the UE searches for a PLMN. According to the prior art, the UE may select one of the PLMNs arbitrarily to camp on the selected PLMN. The UE cannot perform the D2D communication regularly, if the PLMN is not selected correctly.
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US 2010/0195643 A1 discloses a mobile communication device which includes a domain selection feature that allows a user to select a domain preference such as a circuit switched (CS) voice domain preference, a packet switched (PS) data domain preference, or a (CS+PS) domain preference. The mobile device receives Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) ID and domain availability information from one or more PLMNs. A PLMN priority list is generated on the basis of the received PLMN information and the user domain preference selection. PLMNs having the user selected service available are assigned a higher priority than those that don't currently have the service, whereby an original PLMN list may be updated. Thereby, the mobile device is more likely to obtain the desired service without resorting to a time consuming manual selection process. -
US 2013/0109301 A1 discloses a method including obtaining, by a user terminal capable to perform direct device-to-device, D2D, communication with another user terminal, information indicating tracking area-specific resources for a D2D discovery process; and applying the obtained tracking area-specific resources in performing the D2D discovery process within the tracking area, wherein the D2D discovery process is for discovering D2D communication capable devices in the tracking area over an air interface of a cellular network. -
US 2013/064138 A1 discloses a mechanism for registering and attaching a UE to a D2D discovery function. After identifying an ID information of at least one PLMN assigned for a D2D discovery and communication, a request for registering and attaching the UE to the D2D discovery function at the identified PLNM is sent to the network. The network sends a grant for the D2D discovery together with an indication corresponding to an identity of the at least one PLMN used for communicating resources dedicated to the D2D discovery and communication. - Thus, how to select a PLMN for the D2D communication is an important problem to be solved.
- The present invention therefore provides a method according to claim 8 and related communication device according to claim 1 for selecting a PLMN for the D2D communication to solve the abovementioned problem.
- Further embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.
- A communication device for handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication is provided as set forth in claim 1. Moreover, a method of handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication, which is utilized in a communication device performing a proximity service (ProSe), is provided as set forth in claim 8. Preferred embodiments of the present invention may be gathered from the dependent claims.
- These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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Fig. 5 is a flowchart of still another process. - The embodiments and/or examples of the following description which are not covered by the appended claims are considered as not being part of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of awireless communication system 10 according to an example of the present invention. Thewireless communication system 10 is briefly composed of a network and a plurality of communication devices. InFig. 1 , the network and the communication devices are simply utilized for illustrating the structure of thewireless communication system 10. A communication device may communicate with the network according to a device-to-cellular (D2C) communication defined in a communication standard, e.g., the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard. Practically, the network can be a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) comprising at least one Node-B (NB) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). In another example, the network can be an evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) comprising at least one evolved NB (eNB) and/or at least one relay in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system or an evolution of the LTE-A system. - Furthermore, the network may also include both the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and a core network (e.g., evolved packet core (EPC) network), wherein the core network may include network entities such as Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (S-GW), Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), Self-Organizing Networks (SON) server and/or Radio Network Controller (RNC), etc. In other words, after the network receives information transmitted by a communication device, the information may be processed only by the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and decisions corresponding to the information are made at the UTRAN/E-UTRAN. Alternatively, the UTRAN/E-UTRAN may forward the information to the core network, and the decisions corresponding to the information are made at the core network after the core network processes the information. In addition, the information can be processed by both the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and the core network, and the decisions are made after coordination and/or cooperation are performed by the UTRAN/E-UTRAN and the core network.
- A communication device may be a user equipment (UE), a low cost device (e.g., machine type communication (MTC) device), a device-to-device (D2D) device, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, an electronic book, a portable computer system, or combination thereof. In addition, for the D2C communication, the network and the communication device can be seen as a transmitter or a receiver according to direction (i.e. , transmission direction), e.g., for an uplink (UL), the communication device is the transmitter and the network is the receiver, and for a downlink (DL), the network is the transmitter and the communication device is the receiver.
- In addition, two communication devices may communicate with each other directly, after an initialization (e.g., connection establishment and/or peer discovery) is performed. For example, the initialization may be assisted by the network. That is, the communication devices may communicate (e.g., transmit and/or receive packets) with each other according to a D2D communication defined in a communication standard, e.g., the 3GPP standard. The communication devices may communicate with each other via UL subframes determined according to frequency-division duplexing (FDD) configuration and/or time-division duplexing (TDD) configurations.
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Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of acommunication device 20 according to an example of the present invention. Thecommunication device 20 may be a communication device or the network shown inFig. 1 , but is not limited herein. Thecommunication device 20 may include a processing means 200 such as a microprocessor or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), astorage unit 210 and acommunication interfacing unit 220. Thestorage unit 210 may be any data storage device that may store aprogram code 214, accessed and executed by the processing means 200. Examples of thestorage unit 210 include but are not limited to a subscriber identity module (SIM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, random-access memory (RAM), Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc-ROM (DVD-ROM), Blu-ray Disc-ROM (BD-ROM), magnetic tape, hard disk, optical data storage device, non-volatile storage unit, non-transitory computer-readable medium (e.g., tangible media), etc. Thecommunication interfacing unit 220 is preferably a transceiver and is used to transmit and receive signals (e.g., data, signals, messages and/or packets) according to processing results of the processing means 200. -
Fig. 3 is a flowchart of aprocess 30. Theprocess 30 may be utilized in a communication device inFig. 1 , to handle a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a D2D communication. Theprocess 30 may be compiled into theprogram code 214 and includes the following steps: - Step 300: Start.
- Step 302: Detect a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide a proximity service (ProSe) and the second PLMN provides the ProSe.
- Step 304: Select the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN.
- Step 306: End.
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process 30, the communication device (e.g., a ProSe-enabled UE) detects a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide a proximity service (ProSe) and the second PLMN provides the ProSe. Then, the communication device selects the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN instead of the first PLMN in order to initiate the ProSe. That is, the communication device selects a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to whether the PLMN provides the ProSe. Thus, the ProSe performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the ProSe is improved. - The communication device in the
process 30 may receive information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list via a service authorization procedure. The ProSe-Allowed PLMN list may include PLMN(s) allowed for a ProSe. A PLMN identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list. The communication device may detect a third PLMN which provides the ProSe and an identity of the third PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list. Then, the communication device selects the second PLMN instead of the third PLMN, because the identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list but the identity of the third PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list. - In one example, the communication device in the
process 30 may receive the information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list via a service authorization procedure. In one example of the service authorization procedure, a HPLMN of the communication device may pre-configure the communication device with the information the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list which indicates at least one PLMN where the communication device is authorized to perform a ProSe Direct Discovery, a ProSe Direct Communication or both and additional information regarding out-of-coverage operation may be provided. That is, the information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list may be stored in a UMTS SIM (USIM) or flash memory of the communication device, and may be updated by an over-the-air (OTA) message sent by the HPLMN. The OTA message may be a NAS message, or may be composed of one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets. -
Fig. 4 is a flowchart of aprocess 40. Theprocess 40 may be utilized in a communication device inFig. 1 , to handle a selection of a PLMN for a D2D communication. Theprocess 40 may be compiled into theprogram code 214 and includes the following steps: - Step 400: Start.
- Step 402: Receive information of a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list.
- Step 404: Detect a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein a PLMN identity of the first PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed list and the first PLMN does not provide a proximity-based service (ProSe), wherein a PLMN identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed list and the second PLMN provides Prose.
- Step 406: Select the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN.
- Step 408: End.
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process 40, the communication device (e.g., a ProSe-enabled UE) receives information of a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, e.g., which includes PLMN(s) allowed for a ProSe. The communication device detects a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein a PLMN identity of the first PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed list and the first PLMN does not provide a ProSe, wherein a PLMN identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed list and the second PLMN provides the ProSe. Then, the communication device selects the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN instead of the first PLMN in order to initiate the ProSe. That is, the communication device selects a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to whether the PLMN provides the ProSe. One way of the determinations whether a PLMN provides the ProSe or not is to check whether the PLMN is in the ProSe Allowed list. Thus, the ProSe performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the ProSe is improved. - The following examples may be applied to the
process 30 andprocess 40. - In one example, the communication device may further transmit at least one of a registration message (e.g., Attach Request or Tracking Area Update Request) and a discovery request to the second PLMN, after selecting the second PLMN. The discovery request is for requesting announcing or monitoring. The communication device may or may not transmit the discovery request immediately after completing the registration procedure. A condition according to which the communication device starts to perform the at least one PLMN search is not limited. For example, the communication device may perform the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device camps on a third PLMN and receives a rejection of a service authorization request from a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the communication device. Further, the rejection may include a cause value indicating that the third PLMN is not allowed. Note that the third PLMN may or may not be the first PLMN. In another example, the at least one PLMN search may be triggered by a mobility of the communication device. That is, the communication device may perform the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device moves across one or more boundaries of PLMNs.
- In another example, the at least one PLMN search may be triggered by initiation of a ProSe (e.g. ProSe Direct Discovery or ProSe Direct Communication service) or by a manual PLMN search for searching a PLMN supporting the ProSe, if the currently camped PLMN does not provide the ProSe Direct Discovery or ProSe Direct Communication service. Furthermore, if the communication device does not receive the information of the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, the communication device may search any PLMN which supports the ProSe. A cell of a PLMN may indicate support of the ProSe in system information broadcasted in the cell. The communication device may obtain the PLMN supporting the ProSe by reading the system information.
- In one example, a priority of the first PLMN may be higher than a priority of the second PLMN. That is, whether a PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list is prioritized over a priority of the PLMN. The communication device may select a PLMN in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, if other detected PLMN(s) with higher priorit(ies) is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list. Further, information of the priority of the first PLMN and information of the priority of the second PLMN may be stored in the communication device. For example, the information may be stored in a USIM of the communication device.
- In one example, the communication device may be configured with a non-zero non-deactivated validity timer of a ProSe discovery (e.g. , ProSe direct discovery) for announcing and/or at least one valid time-to-live (TTL) of a discovery filter for monitoring. That is, the service continuity is maintained by the communication device by camping on a PLMN in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, if the communication device is performing the ProSe discovery for the announcing and/or the monitoring.
- In one example, the communication device may select the second PLMN for camping on the second PLMN, if the communication device is configured to select a PLMN which provides the ProSe with higher priority and to select a PLMN which does not provide the ProSe with lower priority according to a configuration received from the HPLMN. The HPLMN may transmit the configuration via a ProSe Direct Service Provisioning Management Object (MO). That is, the communication device selects the PLMN which provides the ProSe in higher priority than the other PLMN which does not provide the ProSe according to the configuration. Further, the configuration may be a new leaf in a MO for a PLMN or in a MO for the communication device.
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Fig. 5 is a flowchart of aprocess 50, where aUE 500 and aProSe function 510 are shown. In the present example, theUE 500 may be a ProSe-enabled UE, and theProSe function 510 may be a ProSe function in a HPLMN of theUE 500. TheUE 500 may obtain a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list when performing a service authorization procedure (step 520). Then, theUE 500 may store the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list (step 522), e.g., in a USIM or flash memory of theUE 500. TheUE 500 may perform the one or more PLMN searches due to a certain condition (step 524), e.g., mobility of theUE 500 or initiation of the ProSe. Accordingly, theUE 500 may select a PLMN for camping on the PLMN according to a result of the searching and the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list (step 526). - Those skilled in the art should readily make combinations, modifications and/or alterations on the abovementioned description and examples. The abovementioned description, steps and/or processes including suggested steps can be realized by means that could be hardware, software, firmware (known as a combination of a hardware device and computer instructions and data that reside as read-only software on the hardware device), an electronic system, an automotive head unit or combination thereof. An example of the means may be the
communication device 20. - Examples of the hardware may include analog circuit(s), digital circuit (s) and/or mixed circuit (s) . For example, the hardware may include ASIC(s), field programmable gate array(s) (FPGA(s)), programmable logic device(s), coupled hardware components or combination thereof. In another example, the hardware may include general-purpose processor(s), microprocessor(s), controller(s), digital signal processor(s) (DSP(s)) or combination thereof.
- Examples of the software may include set(s) of codes, set(s) of instructions and/or set(s) of functions retained (e.g., stored) in a storage unit, e.g., a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include SIM, ROM, flash memory, RAM, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, optical data storage device, non-volatile storage unit, or combination thereof. The computer-readable medium (e.g., storage unit) may be coupled to at least one processor internally (e.g., integrated) or externally (e.g., separated) . The at least one processor which may include one or more modules may (e.g., be configured to) execute the software in the computer-readable medium. The set(s) of codes, the set(s) of instructions and/or the set(s) of functions may cause the at least one processor, the module(s), the hardware and/or the electronic system to perform the related steps.
- Examples of the electronic system may include a system on chip (SoC), system in package (SiP), a computer on module (CoM), a computer program product, an apparatus, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, an electronic book or a portable computer system, and the
communication device 20. - To sum up, the present invention provides a method and related communication device for handling a selection of a PLMN for a D2D communication. The D2D communication performed by the communication device can be maintained without being interrupted due to a wrong selection of the PLMN. As a result, service continuity of the D2D communication is improved.
- Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
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- A communication device (20) for handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, for a device-to-device, D2D, communication according to a first communication when performing a proximity service, ProSe, the communication device (20) comprising:a storage unit (210) configured to store instructions of:detecting (302) a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide the ProSe, and the second PLMN provides the ProSe;selecting (304) the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN; andreceiving (402) the first information of a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, wherein an identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list and an identity of the first PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list; andperforming the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device (20) camps on a third PLMN and receives a rejection of a service authorization request from a home PLMN, HPLMN, of the communication device (20);
wherein the rejection comprises a cause value indicating that the third PLMN is not allowed;a processing means (200), coupled to the storage unit (210), configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit (210). - The communication device (20) of claim 1, wherein the storage unit (210) is further configured to store the instruction of:
transmitting at least one of a registration message and a discovery request to the second PLMN, after selecting the second PLMN. - The communication device (20) of claim 1, wherein the at least one PLMN search is triggered by a mobility of the communication device (20).
- The communication device (20) of claim 1, wherein a priority of the first PLMN is higher than a priority of the second PLMN.
- The communication device (20) of claim 4, wherein another second information of the priority of the first PLMN and another third information of the priority of the second PLMN are stored in the communication device (20).
- The communication device (20) of claim 1, wherein the storage unit (210) is further configured to store the instruction of:
selecting (304) the second PLMN for camping on the second PLMN, if the communication device (20) is configured to select a PLMN which provides the ProSe with higher priority and to select a PLMN which does not provide the ProSe with lower priority. - The communication device (20) of claim 6, wherein the communication device (20) is configured to select the PLMN which provides the ProSe with higher priority and to select a PLMN which does not provide the ProSe with lower priority according to a configuration received from a HPLMN.
- A method of handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, for a device-to-device, D2D, communication, according to a first information the method being utilized in a communication device (20) performing a proximity service, ProSe, the method comprising:detecting (302) a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide the ProSe, and the second PLMN provides the ProSe;selecting (304) the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN;receiving the first information of a ProSe-Allowed PLMN list, wherein an identity of the second PLMN is in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list and an identity of the first PLMN is not in the ProSe-Allowed PLMN list; andperforming the at least one PLMN search, when the communication device (20) camps on a third PLMN and receives a rejection of a service authorization request from a home PLMN, HPLMN, of the communication device (20);wherein the rejection comprises a cause value indicating that the third PLMN is not allowed.
- The method of claim 8, further comprising:
transmitting at least one of a registration message and a discovery request to the second PLMN, after selecting the second PLMN.
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